Callas Software releases pdfCorrect and pdfColorConvert as stand-alone programs … Kodak enhances its Matchflow Composer color-conversion software … Canon introduces the ChromaLife100 System for photo archiving.Callas Software gives new stand-alone power to popular Acrobat plug-ins, while Kodak aims to boost color conversion for users and Canon announces a new ink and photo paper system to augment long-term photo archival process.
Callas Software Releases pdfCorrect and pdfColorConvert as Stand-Alone Programs
Berlin, Germany-based Callas Software GMBH on Monday released its popular Adobe Acrobat Plug-ins, pdfCorrect and pdfColorConvert, as stand-alone applications.
pdfCorrect CLI fixes errors in PDFs prior to output, and pdfColorConvert CLI analyzes and preflights PDFs prior to printing. The newly released applications are Command Line Interface versions of their respective existing Acrobat plug-ins.
Both tools are compatible with Windows and Mac OS X platforms, and the company said Linux and Sun Solaris-based editions are in development and set to ship in September 2005.
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Kodak Enhances Matchflow Composer Software
On Monday, Rochester, N.Y.-based Eastman Kodak Co. released Matchflow Composer version 4.6, its color conversion and management solution, now with enhanced color management features.
The latest version comes with KPG's Color Fidelity Module and standard CMYK profiles for regional printing conditions, according to the company. The Color Fidelity Module gives users graphic controls for removal and gray component replacement, and for retaining inking solids and overprints.
Matchflow Composer 4.6 converts such industry standard prepress files formats as PostScript, PDF, PDF/X-la or PDF/X-3, Scitex Native, Handshake CT & LW, and TIFF/IT-P1 into standard file formats for print output.
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Canon Introduces ChromaLife100 System for Photos
On Monday, Lake Success, N.Y.-based Canon U.S.A. Inc. introduced its new ChromaLife100 system, which includes Canon's dye-based inks and photo paper and is aimed at making photos that resist fading for up to 100 years if stored in an archival-quality photo album, according to the company.
Additionally, Canon also announced that it has established print times typically associated with producing photo-lab quality prints as the new print-speed performance benchmark for all its new PIXMA desktop and all-in-one photo printers.
"The photo-print speeds we quote for our PIXMA products will provide consumers with a reliable estimation of the time required to produce prints that match the image quality offered by traditional photo labs," said Katsuichi Shimizu, chief executive of InkJet Products Operations at Canon Inc.
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